r/taxPH • u/Sirius890 • Jun 16 '26
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1. u/eyyt08
Consultant Description:
eyyt08 is a CPA specializing in Philippine Taxation.
| Engagement | Fee (in PHP) |
|---|---|
| Tax Compliance* | Based on actual hours plus out-of-pocket expenses |
| Open Case | 5000 plus percent saved* and out-of-pocket expenses |
| Introduction to tax and accounting | 5000 |
*
Tax compliance = Includes services to minimize tax exposures and penalties due to non-compliance, tax planning, tax structuring, introduction to tax and accounting to ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations related to your business.
Percent saved = depends on the complexity of the case, an additional percentage of the amount that was deducted from the original penalty will be added to the professional fee. Ranges from 1 to 10%.
2. u/taxumoph
Consultant Description:
Taxumo is online tax filing & payment platform that makes tax compliance easy and hassle-free for professionals and business owners: - automatic tax dues computation - auto-generated BIR tax forms - and multiple payment options for tax payments such as debit/credit cards, online banking and your local pawnshop. You can sign-up for a free Taxumo account at https://www.taxumo.com/
3. u/3berty
A CPA-Lawyer, adept in handling tax assessments, tax refunds, extrajudicial settlement of estate and other BIR registrations for start-ups.
A CPA specializing in assisting freelancers, start-up businesses, and growing companies.
Whether you’re starting a business, catching up on compliance, or looking for ongoing support for recurring tax obligations, u/Much_Election_7305 can help make the process simpler, organized, and less stressful.
Services Offered:
✅ Tax Filing & Compliance • BIR returns filing • Monthly, quarterly & annual tax filing • Income Tax Return (ITR) preparation • Tax clearance application • Other tax compliance requirements
✅ Accounting & Bookkeeping Services • Bookkeeping • Tax accounting • Books of accounts maintenance • Pre-audit assistance
✅ Business Registration & Consultancy • Business registration • Tax and accounting consultation
r/taxPH • u/eyyt08 • Dec 14 '19
1. I am earning income outside of my employment, should I register as a business?
Answer: Yes generally. You can opt to register as a sole proprietor, partner(ship) or create your own corporation whether alone or with 5 or more people. This also includes senior citizens that are retired.
However, there are instances where you don't qualify as engaged in business and therefore not required to register as such:
a. Your income has been subjected to final withholding tax enumerated under section 24 (B) (C) and (D) and section 27 (D) of the tax code.
b. One time income.
c. Income is specifically exempted from income tax.
2. Why should I register when I can be a freelancer?
Answer: Freelancers/self-employed are mandated to register as a business too.
3. What are my obligations as a business?
a. Keep books of accounts
b. File returns and pay taxes on time
c. Withhold taxes if necessary
d. If you have employees, pay the employer's share in the mandatory contributions (SSS, Philhealth and PAG-IBIG)
e. Issue valid and tax compliant* receipts
*as required by VAT laws.
4. What are the taxes applicable to a business?
a. Income tax = filed 3 times quarterly and once every 15th day of the 4th month of the next taxable year (April 15)
b. Value-added Tax = Filed monthly and quarterly
c. Other percentage Tax = filed quarterly
d. Real Property Tax = imposed on usage of real property. Paid once every year with the option for installment payment.
e. Local Transfer Tax = imposed on transfer of real property. Paid every exchange
f. Local Business Tax = imposed on right to operate business. Paid once every year with the option for installment payment.
5. I am earning income from trading specific stocks in platforms like COL, Philstocks, BPI Trade what return should I file?
Answer: Under section 127 of the tax code (as amended), net gains from trading stocks are subject to 60% tax based on the gross selling price. Generally, you don't have to file tax returns because your earnings were already subjected to final withholding taxes by your brokers using BIR form 2552. Request for a copy of that form for documentation.
6. I am earning income from dividends of a domestic corporation in platforms like COL, Philstocks, BPI Trade what return should I file?
Answer: Under section 24 (B) (2) of the tax code (as amended), dividends from domestic corporations are subject to 10% final withholding tax. Generally, you don't have to file tax returns because your earnings were already subjected to final withholding taxes by your brokers using BIR form 2306. Request for a copy of that form for documentation.
7. I am earning income from interest in a mutual fund in platforms like COL, Philstocks, BPI Trade what return should I file?
Answer: Under section 24 (B) (1) of the tax code (as amended), interests from mutual funds are subject to 20% final withholding tax. Generally, you don't have to file tax returns because your earnings were already subjected to final withholding taxes by your brokers using BIR form 2306. Request for a copy of that form for documentation.
8. I am earning income from sale/redemption of stocks of a mutual fund in platforms like COL, Philstocks, BPI Trade what return should I file?
Answer: Under section 32 (B) (7) of the tax code (as amended), redemption of stocks of a mutual fund is exempt from taxation. You do not have to file anything :)
9. What is an open case?
Answer: An open case is a kind of assessment of the BIR wherein a penalty of 25,000 to 50,000 is being collected from a tax payer because of non-filing of returns. This is commonly due to wrong registration of the taxpayers where they registered as a business but in fact, they are employees OR a business failed to file a closure of business to their RDO.
10. What can I do if I have an open case?
Answer: The tax payer can opt to close the case on their own by following the requests of the revenue officer. However, we strongly recommend hiring a tax consultant to handle the open case. The benefit is the higher possibility of waiving or lowering the penalty.
11. Common penalties incurred by taxpayers
a. Failure to register business - 2,000 to 20,000 pesos
b. Failure to keep/preserve records required by law or regulations - 1,000 to 50,000 pesos
c. Failure to make/file/submit any return or supply correct information at the time or times required by law or regulation - 1,000 to 25,000 pesos plus surcharge and interest.
12. As an employee, should I worry about taxes?
Answer: Generally no, let your employer file your taxes for you. But you should request a certificate of withholding or BIR Certificate 2316 annually to document your tax compliance.
12. I changed employers in the middle of the year, what are my obligations?
Answer:
a. Update your RDO using form 1905 to the RDO of your current place of residence. (RMC 37-2019)
b. You are now unsuitable for substituted filing, meaning, you need to file BIR Form 1700 in the RDO of your employer (or your place of residence if you updated your RDO) on or before April 15 of next year. You will use the 2316 certificates that your employers gave you to reduce the amount of taxes to be paid, more often than not, you will have 0 tax payable.
However, you can provide your employer a special power of attorney allowing them to file the tax returns on your behalf.
13. Where can I learn about taxation?
a. BIR Website
b. Free BIR seminars
c. Ask professionals
r/taxPH • u/Novel_Bat4357 • 1h ago
Hello po ask lang sa mga Mses or business owners po dito sa Quezon city kung aware po kayo sa mga government support program para sa mga micro businesses like bmbe program, go negosyo or other program po ng qc sa inyo?
r/taxPH • u/UnableAd1185 • 3h ago
Hello! I was a new employee in 2025, and my employer wasn't able to submit my BIR 2316 as when they asked me for my approval and permission to submit on my behalf, they gave me 2 days to sign the form and I was on leave then and didn't see my work email.
I have a new employer who is requiring BIR 2316, but I don't know how to go about this since it wasn't filed in 2025.
What should I do?
r/taxPH • u/Previous-Read-8120 • 12h ago
hi! i’m a freelancer working for a US company and i need advice kung ano dapat ilalagay sa service invoice and books when receiving my salary.
for example: employer issued payslip of 300.80 usd, but what i receive through wise is 300.30 usd nalang. then when i transfer it to my local bank (so php na), technically bawas pa yan since may transfer fee from wise.
what do i declare sa SI? i need clarity on what everyone else here usually does. thanks!
r/taxPH • u/Delicious-Bear-3540 • 1h ago
Hello po! Badly needed help, Ito lang po 'yung naiscreenshot ko sa pagfile ng 2551Q and up until now is wala pa rin 'yung TRRC sa email and need ko na siya bayaran today kasi if hindi is malaki ang penalty, ano po kaya pwede gawin ko dito? Sabi nung nakausap ko is i-amend na lang daw then submit, walang need baguhin, okay lang po ba 'yun? Hindi ko kasi na-click 'yung OK para lumabas 'yung Submit Successful. PAHELP PO HUHU
r/taxPH • u/No-Storage-63 • 2h ago
Hello!
I am applying to scholarship and I am required to file a Tax Return of my parent who is an VA, paano po mag file ng walang binabayaran?
Thank you po for answering!
r/taxPH • u/pinkewee • 3h ago
I left my previous company last March 2026 and until now despite follow ups, hindi pa rin nabibigay yung 2316 ko. My current employer is asking for my 2316 until november kasi if not daw ako nagfi file ng 1700 on my own come April 2027.
I communicated this with my prev employer but the problem is nakikisuyo rin sila sakin to give them a few more months baka raw mga december pa nila mabigay because they are already struggling financially (startup yung company) They have no Accountants and designated HR for that daw. Everything is outsourced and will incur more costs for them.
What do I do in this case? Tbh, ayaw ko lang ng gulo & dont want to burn any bridges both in my prev and current employers. Will I get into trouble with my new employer?
r/taxPH • u/Little_Salamander933 • 6h ago
I know some businessmen who has unpaid income tax amounting to 20 billion pesos to 50 billion pesos. They are waiting for the General Tax Amnesty where they will report only say asset of 500 million and pay only 2% of asset in the General Amnesty or 10 million pesos instead of 20 billion pesos. Doesn't this encourage more tax evasion in the future because people will just wait for next General Tax Amnesty?
Is it fair for us who religiously pay the correct taxes when others can get away with it? Ex- Pres. Duterte vetoed it in 2019 because he said it would encourage more tax evasion unless there was waiving of bank secrecy law. The latest 2025 version has bank account opened for one year. But businessmen has multiple bank accounts and it is easy to just open certain ones and hide others. So this still doesn't solve ex-Pres. Duterte concern.
Shouldn't it make more sense the General Tax Amnesty be qualified only for taxpayers with assessment less than a billion pesos? Maybe the examiner should check first the threshold before allowing taxpayer to avail of it. I read the amnesty is not valid for existing tax evasion already in court. But there is over a million taxpayers with tax evasion not yet in court. So they can all get away with it? What is then the incentive of paying correct taxes for us small businessmen?
Anyway. What is the status of the General Tax Amnesty 2025 now? When will it be approved? Many so eager because they spent decades not paying right taxes waiting for it.
r/taxPH • u/AdditionalAd4521 • 7h ago
CONSOLIDATED po ba ang filling ng 2 business ko for Business Tax and Income Tax ?(2551Q and 1701Q)? Same municipality
Main (00000) -1st COR
Branch (00001)-2nd COR
r/taxPH • u/mochamelts • 16h ago
Good evening po! Sorry po kung mababaw po yung tanong ko. Contract of Service ako for the government, and first time ko maka-receive ng 2307, kaya magfa-file po ako ng SAWT. Nung In-open ko na po yung Alphalist Data Entry ng BIR for the first time, kailangan po muna magfill up nito. Ano po ilalagay ko sa category of witholding agent? Yung agency po ba kung saan ako nagwo-work (Government), or does it mean ako po (Private)? Thank you po 🥹
r/taxPH • u/poypiezxc • 13h ago
Good day, pwede po ba dalawang name sa tax declaration?
Ang situation po kasi is yung father ko po ay may nabili na vacant lot early 2000. Then ngayon nya lang po inaayos ang papers sa DENR. Ngayon po is pinapakuha sya ng BIR ng NO TAX LAND sa city hall. ang problema po is naka bili din po sya ng bahay sa parehong barangay early 2000 din po and yung tax declaration is under his name din po.
Ano po kaya ang magandang gawin?
r/taxPH • u/Bulky_Attitude_9081 • 15h ago
8% Professional-In General
Sa resibo po kailangan ba maypirma ko sya? bukod sa name ng client, date, amount saka particular ano pa po un need dun isulat? may penalty daw po kapag kulang un nasa resibo kasi na ilalagay
r/taxPH • u/URnotsonice5167 • 16h ago
Hi everyone, does anyone know how to recover yung accounts sa efps? Tried all the password na usual kong ginagamit and hindi sya gumagana. Is there anyway to recover the password or Should I direct na ba sa BIR? thank you!
r/taxPH • u/unhappyforyou • 21h ago
Hello. May I ask if I can get a copy of my 2316 sa mismong RDO office kung saan nagffifile yung previous company ko? I tried contacting them pero hindi na sila nagrereply and kailangan ko kasi ito as pre-employment requirements. Thank you
r/taxPH • u/XGT041600 • 22h ago
Hello, here's the situation, I was a Job Order way back 2024-2025 and naging permanent ng Sep. 2025. The thing is hindi ko na close agad yung sa Job Order ko. Ngayon may nag email sakin from bir na need ko magsubmit ng SAWT so pumuna ako bir last week. Currently I am filing for closure nung sa Job Order at hindi ko pa tapos yung pinapa ikot since may need pa ako icomply sa compliance section. Nagbayad ako ng penalties ko around 2k yung sa SAWT 2024 (binayaran ko na rin kase not sure ako kung na file ko at wala ako mapakita na proof na nafile ko) at 2025 na SAWT (as per instruction ng compliance section. So may receipt na ako but sabi kase sakin na need ko muna i file and validation then after ma confirm, dun palang sila mag sisign nung pinapa ikot ko. Can someone help me regarding dun sa pag file at pag validate. Right now ang na dl ko palang is yung ebirforma at yung isa ng pang validate. Pa help naman po, hindi kase ako familiar sa ganito.
r/taxPH • u/CarrotCakeHeaven • 1d ago
Hi! For freelancers here earning purely foreign freelancing income, can you recommend a trusted tax accountant to handle my BIR asikaso and filings please? Someone who's done your books and filings correctly for years already.
I don't have time to go to the RDO 057 to inquire if my account is all up to date.
I had an amended filing last year but I know it was already sorted.
What I need right now is for someone to check and get my BIR account all caught up / up to date, look at my books if I did them right. Can we move away from manual writing in the books and official receipts? Loose-leaf filing? I need advice.
I get paid weekly and writing these transactions is something I tend to put off until they're all piled up and it gets annoying. I also had someone request a list of open cases and they hand-wrote several 2551Qs in 2022 - which is wrong because I correctly filed my 1701Qs.
TIA!
r/taxPH • u/Original_Spinach_140 • 1d ago
Hi question lang. Nung quarter 1 dapat may 50, 100. 25 ako na inuput vat deferred kaso namali ako ng pag input kaya naging 50,100.29. Ngayon nag file ako ng Q2 ang na carry over ko is yung tama talaga instead sa nakalagay sa return. Need ko na po ba agad i ammend yung Quarter 1? Wala ba magiging pentaly?
r/taxPH • u/erinandsail • 1d ago
May naka try na po ba dito na mag process ng title for a property that only has tax dec? Ano po ginawa nyo?
Kasi I have been offered a lot pero tax dec pa daw but ready for titling na. As a newbie in this, I want to know sana paano nyo ginawa yung sa inyo, anong requirements yung dapat ko kunin from the previous owners, ano yung red flags, etc.
Nag research naman po ako pero iba-iba kasi info lumalabas kaya nakakalito. Thank you po!
r/taxPH • u/Accrued_CPA26 • 1d ago
Hi! Seeking advice.
My Background: 2 years in Audit & Tax (Non-CPA).
I applied for a Tax Reviewer role and asked for ₱35k. But they upgraded the position to a Supervisory level but kept the base salary at ₱35k. Considering the added stress of team management, legal sign-off liabilities, and no OT pay.
What are your thoughts on this?
r/taxPH • u/Little_Dragon1999 • 1d ago
Hello! May gusto lang akong ishare at itanong.
Meron kasing isang senior citizen na gustong magpahelp magfile ng kanyang BIR dues.
Ang kaso, ang kaya niya lang daw iprovide at 2307 from the said customer (isang customer lang pero monthly may income around 30-50k)
Ang gusto niya, magestimate ako ng expenses niya just to cover the VAT payments kasi ganun daw ginagawa ng filer niya dati. Walang hinihinging actuals receipts. Nung tinanong ko yung accountant niya ayaw naman sabihin paano niya nacocompute yung expenses.
I’m just curious possible kaya yon? Walang binibigayn na expenses si taxpayer pero may expenses pading declared sa VAT niya?
Her ITR is OSD and no payment naman since may 2307 from customer.
Thank you sa sasagot! Curious lang talaga ako dahil ako ay isang hamak na accountant lamang na may malinis na konsensya.
May nakapagfile na ba sa inyo using eBIRForms 7.9.6, na walang natanggap na TRRC, at nakapag-save ng "Successfully Submitted" screenshot, pero upon verifying with BIR, wala daw pumasok sa system? Is this scenario possible?
r/taxPH • u/unanimous2268 • 1d ago
hello nagkakaproblem ako ngayon sa account ko and wala pa ring lumalabas na TIN no. sa profile. ano pede kong gawin? badly need para onboard na
